Re: Hair test posted for review - Jada.

May 25, 2008

Andy includes undetectable lithium in his diagnostic checklist

in Amalgam Illness. I am not sure how predictive it is all by itself.

If you see it on an otherwise normal looking hair test, I think the

diagnosis would rest more on clinical signs and symptoms. It does add

weight when other indicators are present, though.

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> Oh sorry, yeah I 11 or less is what I meant...just did a round and fog

> is a bit up right now.

>

> I can't remember which book it was and don't have time to look now, it

> might have been an old post of Andy too...not sure.

>

> I am aware of Li being low on it's own to be a problem:

>

> On A-M this is a marker that is looked for in hair tests, especially

> ones that are not clear about rules. It was told to me and many others

> (also recall reading it in one of Andy's book or maybe it was by post)

> that no lithium is not normal. Mercury interferes with lithium and

> causes low body levels, which also causes mood disturbances in people

> with Hg. There should be some lithium there. There is non detectable.

> This is considered on A-M to be related to a mercury toxicity. And an

> indication to try some chelation when a test does not clearly meet

> rules. And if that same person reports having mood disturbances we

> recommend using supplemental lithium orotate or aspartate.

> Just some A-M archived posts where this is stated:

> This one Andy interprets a hair test and says that low lithium is

> indicative of mercury.

> I haven't seen on here in a while, but she knows this too if

> I remember right.

>

> I have two hair test sitting over here with that phenomenon, and one

> that doesn't meet rules, but it sooooo close.

> Everyone here may wish to read the Wiki on Onibasu for Andy's old

> posts to things, as well as the other posts on Onibasu. There is a lot

> more information than just what's in AI.

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